The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20
ANGRY WITH SARAH.
Mime. Bernhard Loses Things in a Very
Mysterious Manner.

From. the Nelc York Star-
! Nine Sara Beruharit left for the West
I Saturday night, and left behind her several
very angry and mystified people. Nine.
/ Bernhardt has been 50 unfortunate as TO be
mixei up in the mysterious disappearance
/ OF five valuable autograph albums owned by
prominent New York collectors.
/ II seems that two weeks ago Maj. J. B.
I Pond. the well-BnOwn amusement manager.
/ took his large autograph album around 70
! the Hoffman, House and sent it up TO have
| Nine Bernhardt write her name on one Of
{ it, precious leaves among hundreds Of auto
graphs Of distinguished people, living and
dead The album was sealed IN large en-
+ velope, and accompanying it was a polite
note in French setting forth the request Of
! the owner.
/ A day or two slipped away, and the Major
/ sent around 10 the hotel to get his album.
| Word was returned that the matter would
/ be attended 70. Several more days passed.
| without sign from the great artist. and
another message was dispatched TO ask for
I the book. NO satisfaction could he obtained,
and finally Maj. Pond repaired to the hotel
! IL person 10 learn the cause Of delay
Then Nine. GuerTar, private secretary TO
| the tragic queen stated that the book had
! probably been returned, but it certainly
could not be found. The Major averred in
| vigorous language that he had not received
| 1t. and he became very anxious as TO its
| whereabouts. Messengers We're scurTying
between the Everett and the Hoffman all
| one day. The noted amusement manager
was in a state of mind, and Nine Guerrar
| was excited. Troublous clouds were gath
ering, which could only be cleared away by
the appearance of the valuable album, but
the horizon grew darker hour by hour
Finally the hotel people became involved
in the affair, and the house was searched
from top to bottom. Servants were cues
toned closely and detective engaged upon
the case. Suspicion was directed toward
several persons but no clue could be found
upon which to prosecute the search with
any degree of satisfaction. At length the
Bernhardt company was about to proceed
10 Boston, and it seemed as if the mvste-
rious matter must be decided one way or the
other. The madame however, promised
that everything should be set right upon
her return. This temporarily appeased the
Major, who had thus far exhausted every
means of recovering his property.
In due time the imperious Sarah returned
to New York and the trouble about the
missing book assumed more serious as
pect than before Mile Sarah Bernhardt
niece of the great actress, suggested that
search be made for the album and this was
acted upon, but no trace of it whatever was
found. The madame herself was annoyed
that she had not exercised ordinary care
for the safety of the book.
why, 1t Is priceless" exclaimed the
Major, as he strove to suppress his emotion.
Il have spent twenty years collecting auto
graphs in that book 1t has been across the
ocean and from one end of the United
| States to the other, and the hands of hun
! dreds OF distinguished people, some dead
and gone. have pressed its pages. Arthur
and Grant, and Patti and Beecher. princes
! artists, Senators, Governors, Presidents and
| authors by the score were there Ganbetta
had written in it, Tilden had signed it, Gar
| fields name was there, Gladstone and Mil
son and Mcclellan had penned their sigma
lures on its pages, and all platform orators
of the entire world within the past twenty
| years had impressed their autographs in
that album"
Its money value was probably only few
| thousand dollars or 50, but to the Major it
was treasure of treasures upon which he
had spent years of infatuated devotion Then
more notes were sent, friends interceded,
and French and English expressions of great
strength were INDUCED in all around, but the
mystery was not cleared up, the book was
not found. Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Ger
man and Turkish signatures are in the al
| bum. Names from every civilized tongue
are recorded there, besides many from bar
barrie and semi-savage countries Every
body recognizes that the Majors album is of
| great value, and his friends are doing what
they can to discover it. One person init
mated that the madame might have thought
lessly put the volume in her trunk, but her
friends resented this as unjust.
Saturday promised to bring the climax in
the mystery. Activity was shown by every
body interested in the matter. The madame,
in her caprice, stOrmed up and down her
apartments Guerrar shuddered little Sarah
| ia6 al ba, II Il
where is the album was the tormenting
question which could not be answered. The
great actress was in such a state of frenzy
over the affair that her nervous system
gave way and she was compelled to cancel
her engagement for that evening at jersey
City. Finally, late Saturday night the
madame was whirled to Desbrosses street
ferry to take the train for Cincinnati
where she commences a Western tour to
last two months. They are gone and the
missing album is not found. And that is
not the worst of it, for four other autograph
albums belonging TO other well-known peo-
pie are also lost. They had been given to
Nine Bernhardt, she had signed her name
and then the albums had disappeared! The
owners are disconsolate.
II never heard of such thing before .
said Maj. Pond. "Why, when | was trav-
cling with Mr. Beecher many autograph
albums were sent TO him at every place
where we stopped, in America and England
and | always saw that they were signed and
properly returned, They tell me that a
dozen albums day are sent TO the White
House for the President to sign, and not a
book has been lost there for years.
OF course it is not definitely known
whether the FIVE missing autograph albums
are only nlislaid through carelessness or are
really stolen, and detectives are now
thoroughly investigating the matter to de
termine what step shall be next taken 10y
the losers. Nobody for a moment attaches
blame to the hotel management, for the en-
tire corps of servants and every employee
about the house are believed to be thorough
ly honest.
Word is expected from Mime. Bernhardt
from Cincinnati which may throw some
light on the mystery, but when she de
parted Saturday night she was just as much
in the dark as everybody else
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